EP1456863B1 - Elektromagnetisches relais für niederspannungs-leistungsschalter - Google Patents

Elektromagnetisches relais für niederspannungs-leistungsschalter Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP1456863B1
EP1456863B1 EP02798342.8A EP02798342A EP1456863B1 EP 1456863 B1 EP1456863 B1 EP 1456863B1 EP 02798342 A EP02798342 A EP 02798342A EP 1456863 B1 EP1456863 B1 EP 1456863B1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
fixed element
moving plate
core
circuit breaker
electromagnetic relay
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
EP02798342.8A
Other languages
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1456863A1 (de
Inventor
Lucio Azzola
Stefano Besana
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
ABB SpA
Original Assignee
ABB SpA
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by ABB SpA filed Critical ABB SpA
Publication of EP1456863A1 publication Critical patent/EP1456863A1/de
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP1456863B1 publication Critical patent/EP1456863B1/de
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H71/00—Details of the protective switches or relays covered by groups H01H73/00 - H01H83/00
    • H01H71/74—Means for adjusting the conditions under which the device will function to provide protection
    • H01H71/7463—Adjusting only the electromagnetic mechanism

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to an electromagnetic relay for a low-voltage circuit breaker, i.e., for applications with operating voltages up to 1000 V, having improved characteristics.
  • the present invention relates to an electromagnetic relay, of the type with adjustable tripping threshold and high field gradient, which has, with respect to the known type of relay, a wider and more linear adjustment range.
  • these devices comprise one or more electric poles that constitute the interruption section of the circuit breaker; each pole comprises at least one arc chute and two electrical contacts, a fixed one and a moving one, which can be mutually coupled/uncoupled; in turn, the contacts are connected electrically to the phase or neutral conductor associated with said pole by virtue of suitable connection terminals.
  • Each electrical pole is provided with a suitable current sensor, normally constituted either by a current sensing transformer, whose primary winding is constituted by the conductor to which said pole is connected, or by a magnetic relay whose winding coil is again constituted by said conductor.
  • These magnetic relays can be considered essentially as two-stage transducers, i.e., transducers capable of converting initially the electric energy into magnetic energy and then the magnetic energy into mechanical energy.
  • the sensitive part of a magnetic relay in fact comprises an electromagnet that has a plate made of ferromagnetic material, which subjects a suitable lever system to mechanical actions that depend on the value of the magnetic field generated by the electromagnet; said magnetic field in turn depends on the intensity of the current that circulates in the corresponding electrical conductor.
  • the mechanical actions produced in the lever system are then appropriately directed in input to a protection unit, which causes the safety release or opening of the circuit breaker.
  • the magnetic relays used in low-voltage circuit breakers can be of the fixed or adjustable type, the latter being the case of the present invention.
  • adjustable relays allow to set the tripping threshold of the protection unit of the circuit breaker over a given range; in the current art, the methods by which the tripping threshold is adjusted allow to obtain devices that can perform their required functions adequately but have some critical aspects.
  • the threshold of magnetic relays is set by using suitable adjustment means, by acting on the magnetic circuit of the relay itself, which is substantially constituted by two parts: a fixed part, which comprises a ferromagnetic element, a core and a coil, and a moving part, which comprises a plate that is also made of ferromagnetic material.
  • a first solution commonly known as gap variation
  • the second solution commonly known as magnetic coupling variation
  • the adjustment consists in gradually modifying the relative position of the ferromagnetic plate of the moving part and the fixed part of the electromagnet, increasing or reducing the efficiency of the conversion of the magnetic energy generated by the electromagnet into mechanical energy induced in the lever system that actuates the safety release or opening device of the circuit breaker.
  • Document DE-U-29515254 discloses an electromagnetic relay with adjustable tripping threshold according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide an electromagnetic relay with adjustable tripping threshold for a low-voltage circuit breaker that allows to obviate the drawbacks described above and in particular allows an extremely effective and optimized setting of the tripping threshold with respect to known types of adjustable relay.
  • a first object of the present invention is to provide an electromagnetic relay with adjustable tripping threshold for a low-voltage circuit breaker that allows to extend considerably the useful adjustment range of the tripping threshold even in compact relays.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an electromagnetic relay with adjustable tripping threshold for a low-voltage circuit breaker that allows to obtain, in a simple and reliable manner, an extremely precise and uniform response in setting the tripping threshold.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an electromagnetic relay with adjustable tripping threshold for a low-voltage circuit breaker that has a reduced number of parts and a high degree of reliability, with improved functional performance.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an electromagnetic relay with adjustable tripping threshold for a low-voltage circuit breaker that is easy to manufacture and at modest costs.
  • the magnetic relay according to the invention has a geometry that allows to utilize simultaneously the different effect of multiple physical phenomena occurring in different regions of the magnetic circuit, i.e., the variation of the gap and of the magnetic coupling, allowing to obtain, with respect to known relays, a considerable extension of the adjustment range of the tripping threshold with great precision and reliability of behavior within the adjustment range.
  • the magnetic relay with adjustable tripping threshold for a low-voltage circuit breaker comprises a magnetic circuit that has a fixed part, which comprises at least one coil 1, one magnetic core 2 and one fixed element 3 made of ferromagnetic material, typically a ferromagnetic plate, and a moving part, which is provided with a moving plate 4 also made of ferromagnetic material, which is functionally connected to tripping threshold adjustment means.
  • Said adjustment means designated by the reference numeral 10 by way of example in Figure 4 , comprise, according to the requirements and/or needs of the application, a rack system or a slider or a screw or a knob et cetera.
  • the moving plate 4 and/or the fixed element 3 have a contoured body that allows, by acting on said adjustment means 10, to set the tripping threshold by simultaneously varying the gap between the moving plate 4 and the fixed element 3 and the magnetic coupling between said moving plate 4 and the core 2.
  • the moving plate 4 has a contoured body that allows, during the setting of the tripping threshold, a simultaneous variation of the gap and of the magnetic coupling; in turn, the fixed element 3 has a contoured body that allows, during the setting of the tripping threshold, a variation of the gap, interacting in doing so with the contoured body of the moving plate 4, as detailed in the description that follows.
  • the moving plate 4 has a substantially U-shaped body that is arranged, during the assembly of the various parts of the relay, so that its concavity is directed toward the fixed element 3, so that at least part of its surface faces the surface of said element 3 and the coil 1 and the core 2 are interposed between them.
  • the central portion 5 of the U-shaped body has, along the edge 6 arranged at the core 2, a recessed portion 7; preferably, said recessed portion 7 has a contoured profile that is geometrically complementary with respect to the profile of the core 2.
  • the portion 7 preferably has a curved profile; as an alternative, depending on the specific requirements of application and/or on the shape of the profile of the core 2, the recessed portion 7 might be shaped differently, so long as it is shaped in a manner that is compatible with the application.
  • At least one of the two lateral arms, respectively 8 and 9, of said U-shaped body has, in a side view, a substantially oblique profile.
  • both lateral arms 8 and 9 of the U-shaped body have an oblique profile.
  • the moving plate 4 is connected to an additional contoured plate 20 made of non-ferromagnetic material; said plate 20 is connected in a movable manner to an additional component 30 that is rigidly coupled to the fixed element 3 by virtue of a spring 21 and two engagement elements 22 that are coupled to corresponding pivots 14 formed on said element 30.
  • the plate 20 is provided with a contoured end 23 that is suitable to interact functionally with release means (not shown) of the circuit breaker.
  • the fixed element 3 has a substantially flat central portion 11 at which the coil 1 and the core 2 are arranged, and has two lateral wings 12 and 13 that protrude transversely from the flat central portion 11, at the sides of the coil 1. Both wings 12 and 13 of the fixed element 3 have oblique profiles. Said profiles, as shown in Figure 2 , are arranged so that each one faces a corresponding oblique profile of the moving plate 4 and is substantially parallel thereto.
  • the action on the adjustment means causes the sliding, on a substantially horizontal plane, of the moving plate 4 with respect to the fixed element 3; accordingly, the moving plate 4 passes for example from an initial position, shown in Figure 2 , to a final position, shown in Figure 3 .
  • the oblique arms 8 and 9 of the plate 4 move away from the corresponding oblique profiles of the wings 12 and 13, and this allows to increase the gap.
  • the relay 100 according to the invention is particularly suitable for use, individually or in combination with additional relays 100, in an automatic low-voltage power circuit breaker, be it of the standard, current-limiting, single-pole or multiple-pole types, with single or double contacts for each pole, et cetera. Accordingly, another aspect of the present invention is constituted by an automatic power circuit breaker, characterized in that it comprises at least one electromagnetic relay 100 of the type described above.
  • the relay according to the invention allows to achieve the intended aim and objects, providing a series of significant advantages with respect to the relays of the known art.
  • the relay can be produced cheaply and is characterized by very easy practical use; moreover, within the tripping threshold it has improved reliability and great precision, which can also be observed in applications using highly miniaturized relays or using multiple relays adjusted simultaneously by means of a single device, as shown for example in Figure 4 .
  • the lateral arms of the moving plate 4 and/or the wings of the fixed element 3 might have an oblique profile that is not perfectly straight and is for example slightly arc-like.
  • the materials used, so long as they are compatible with the specific use, as well as the contingent shapes and dimensions, may be any according to the requirements and the state of the art.

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Breakers (AREA)
  • Relay Circuits (AREA)
  • Electronic Switches (AREA)

Claims (3)

  1. Elektromagnetisches Relais (100) mit einer einstellbaren Auslöseschwelle für einen Niederspannungs-Hauptschalter, aufweisend einen magnetischen Kreis, der einen festen Teil aufweist, der ein fixiertes Element (3) aus ferromagnetischem Material, einen Kern (2) und zumindest eine Wicklungsspule (1) und einen beweglichen Teil, der eine bewegliche Platte (4) aus ferromagnetischem Material aufweist, aufweist und so angeordnet ist, dass er zumindest teilweise dem fixierten Element (3) zugewandt ist, wobei sich die Spule (1) zwischen dem beweglichen Teil und dem fixierten Element (3) befindet, wobei der bewegliche Teil mit einer Einrichtung zum Einstellen der Auslöseschwelle (10) funktional verbunden ist; dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass:
    die bewegliche Platte (4) einen U-förmigen Körper aufweist, der so angeordnet ist, dass seine Konkavität in Richtung des fixierten Elements (3) ausgerichtet ist, wobei ein zentraler Abschnitt (5) des U-förmigen Körpers einen vertieften Abschnitt (7) entlang einer Kante (6), die sich an dem Kern (2) befindet, aufweist, wobei der vertiefte Abschnitt ein konturiertes Profil aufweist, das im Verhältnis zu dem Profil des Kerns (2) geometrisch komplementär ist und laterale Arme (8, 9) mit einem im Wesentlichen schrägen Profil aufweist;
    das fixierte Element (3) einen im Wesentlichen flachen zentralen Abschnitt (11) aufweist, an dem sich die Spule (1) und der Kern (2) befinden, und Flügel (12, 13) transversal aus dem flachen zentralen Abschnitt an den Seiten der Spule (1) hervorragen und ein im Wesentlichen schräges Profil aufweisen, wobei jedes schräge Profil der Flügel einem schrägen Profil der beweglichen Platte (4) entspricht und im Wesentlichen parallel dazu ist;
    wobei durch das Einwirken auf die Einstelleinrichtung (10) die Auslöseschwelle durch gleichzeitiges Variieren der Lücke zwischen der beweglichen Platte (4) und dem fixierten Element (3) und der magnetischen Kupplung zwischen der beweglichen Platte (4) und dem Kern (2) eingestellt wird.
  2. Elektromagnetisches Relais (100) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die bewegliche Platte (4) im Verhältnis zu dem fixierten Element (3) so angeordnet ist, dass sie durch Gleiten auf einer im Wesentlichen horizontalen Ebene eingestellt werden kann.
  3. Automatischer Stromhauptschalter, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er zumindest ein elektromagnetisches Relais nach einem oder mehreren der vorgenannten Ansprüche aufweist.
EP02798342.8A 2001-12-20 2002-12-16 Elektromagnetisches relais für niederspannungs-leistungsschalter Expired - Lifetime EP1456863B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ITMI20012717 2001-12-20
IT2001MI002717A ITMI20012717A1 (it) 2001-12-20 2001-12-20 Rele' elettromagnetico per un interruttore di bassa tensione
PCT/EP2002/014405 WO2003054898A1 (en) 2001-12-20 2002-12-16 Electromagnetic relay for low-voltage circuit breaker

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1456863A1 EP1456863A1 (de) 2004-09-15
EP1456863B1 true EP1456863B1 (de) 2016-06-29

Family

ID=11448722

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP02798342.8A Expired - Lifetime EP1456863B1 (de) 2001-12-20 2002-12-16 Elektromagnetisches relais für niederspannungs-leistungsschalter

Country Status (9)

Country Link
US (1) US6930575B2 (de)
EP (1) EP1456863B1 (de)
JP (1) JP4177261B2 (de)
CN (1) CN1265416C (de)
AU (1) AU2002363878A1 (de)
ES (1) ES2592905T3 (de)
IT (1) ITMI20012717A1 (de)
RU (1) RU2294577C2 (de)
WO (1) WO2003054898A1 (de)

Families Citing this family (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7130173B2 (en) 2003-07-08 2006-10-31 Square D Company Direct force armature for a trip assembly
CN101710551B (zh) * 2009-11-26 2012-01-04 天津市百利电气有限公司 带有后备保护装置的智能化断路器
KR101276370B1 (ko) * 2012-01-17 2013-06-18 현대중공업 주식회사 배선용 차단기
CN104124114B (zh) * 2014-06-24 2016-08-24 上海诺雅克电气有限公司 多极电磁脱扣器的短路保护动作电流调节方法和装置
CN107768203B (zh) * 2016-08-15 2019-10-11 浙江正泰电器股份有限公司 直动式电磁脱扣装置

Family Cites Families (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3421123A (en) * 1967-06-19 1969-01-07 Gen Electric Electric circuit breaker with magnetic tripping means
US4706054A (en) * 1986-09-15 1987-11-10 General Electric Company Thermal magnetic trip unit for molded case circuit breakers
FR2626713B1 (fr) 1988-01-28 1990-06-01 Merlin Gerin Declencheur electromagnetique a reglage du seuil de declenchement
FR2639148B1 (fr) 1988-11-16 1991-08-02 Merlin Gerin Declencheur magnetique a large plage de reglage du seuil de declenchement
DE29515254U1 (de) 1995-09-23 1995-12-14 Kloeckner Moeller Gmbh Auslöseeinrichtung aus einem elektromagnetischen Schnellauslöser und einem mit diesem in Wirkverbindung stehenden Bimetallstreifen eines Überstromauslösers

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
RU2004122126A (ru) 2005-08-10
WO2003054898A1 (en) 2003-07-03
JP4177261B2 (ja) 2008-11-05
ES2592905T3 (es) 2016-12-02
CN1606790A (zh) 2005-04-13
US6930575B2 (en) 2005-08-16
RU2294577C2 (ru) 2007-02-27
JP2005513730A (ja) 2005-05-12
ITMI20012717A1 (it) 2003-06-20
US20050007220A1 (en) 2005-01-13
CN1265416C (zh) 2006-07-19
EP1456863A1 (de) 2004-09-15
AU2002363878A1 (en) 2003-07-09

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US6218921B1 (en) Adjustable flux transfer shunt trip actuator and electric power switch incorporating same
EP1012857B1 (de) Elektromagnetischer betätiger
EP0399282B1 (de) Automatischer magneto-thermischer Schutzschalter mit hoher Ausschaltleistung
US5162765A (en) Adjustable magnetic tripping device and circuit breaker including such device
US4037183A (en) Replaceable solid state trip unit
GB2359928A (en) Connector strap for a rotary contact circuit breaker
CA1041597A (en) Two pole ground fault circuit protector
US4090156A (en) Circuit breaker having solid state and thermal-magnetic trip means
CN209859890U (zh) 断路器的跳闸机构
EP1456863B1 (de) Elektromagnetisches relais für niederspannungs-leistungsschalter
EP0692806B1 (de) Leistungsschalter
KR200491965Y1 (ko) 회로차단기의 가 조정 열동 트립 기구
US6313723B1 (en) Remote controllable circuit breakers with positive temperature coefficient resistivity (PTC) elements
US20020171519A1 (en) Clapper-type electromagnet assembly having v-shaped air gap for use in a circuit breaker trip unit
EP3080830B1 (de) Flussshuntauslöserschnittstelle und schutzschalterrückstellmechanismus für schutzschalter
EP0688466B1 (de) Schutzschalter mit zwei unterbrechungsstellen
EP1014412B1 (de) Bistabile Betätigungsvorrichtung
EP3084797B1 (de) Auslöseranordnung
KR200390554Y1 (ko) 말굽형 전기 자성체를 사용한 배선용 차단기
CA2922376A1 (en) Circuit breaker including adjustable instantaneous trip level and methods of operating same
US7330091B2 (en) Electronic type protective relay
KR200212855Y1 (ko) 배선용 차단기의 전자식 트립코일 기구
GB2160362A (en) Electromagnetic device
KR102494983B1 (ko) 순시 트립 기능을 갖춘 전원 차단기
US4672343A (en) Circuit protector

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20040712

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: AL LT LV MK RO

RAP1 Party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred)

Owner name: ABB S.P.A.

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 20100604

GRAP Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1

GRAP Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1

INTG Intention to grant announced

Effective date: 20160301

RIN1 Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)

Inventor name: AZZOLA, LUCIO

Inventor name: BESANA, STEFANO

INTG Intention to grant announced

Effective date: 20160314

GRAS Grant fee paid

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GB

Ref legal event code: FG4D

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: EP

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: AT

Ref legal event code: REF

Ref document number: 809687

Country of ref document: AT

Kind code of ref document: T

Effective date: 20160715

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FG4D

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R096

Ref document number: 60248167

Country of ref document: DE

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: SE

Ref legal event code: TRGR

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20160629

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: NL

Ref legal event code: MP

Effective date: 20160629

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: NL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20160629

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: ES

Ref legal event code: FG2A

Ref document number: 2592905

Country of ref document: ES

Kind code of ref document: T3

Effective date: 20161202

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: AT

Ref legal event code: MK05

Ref document number: 809687

Country of ref document: AT

Kind code of ref document: T

Effective date: 20160629

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: PLFP

Year of fee payment: 15

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: EE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20160629

Ref country code: CZ

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20160629

Ref country code: SK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20160629

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: BE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20160629

Ref country code: PT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20161031

Ref country code: AT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20160629

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GR

Ref legal event code: EP

Ref document number: 20160402301

Country of ref document: GR

Effective date: 20170117

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R097

Ref document number: 60248167

Country of ref document: DE

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20160629

26N No opposition filed

Effective date: 20170330

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: PL

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: BG

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20160929

Ref country code: SI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20160629

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: MC

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20160629

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: MM4A

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20161216

Ref country code: LI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20161231

Ref country code: CH

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20161231

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20161216

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: PLFP

Year of fee payment: 16

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: CY

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20160629

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Payment date: 20211224

Year of fee payment: 20

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 20211221

Year of fee payment: 20

Ref country code: TR

Payment date: 20211210

Year of fee payment: 20

Ref country code: SE

Payment date: 20211221

Year of fee payment: 20

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20211210

Year of fee payment: 20

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GR

Payment date: 20211223

Year of fee payment: 20

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Payment date: 20211224

Year of fee payment: 20

Ref country code: ES

Payment date: 20220218

Year of fee payment: 20

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R071

Ref document number: 60248167

Country of ref document: DE

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GB

Ref legal event code: PE20

Expiry date: 20221215

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF EXPIRATION OF PROTECTION

Effective date: 20221215

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: SE

Ref legal event code: EUG

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: ES

Ref legal event code: FD2A

Effective date: 20230426

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: ES

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF EXPIRATION OF PROTECTION

Effective date: 20221217